Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Austria
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
hvala
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
molim
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
hrvatski
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
croate
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
9th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional